Recapish

The
Las Vegas 51s blew a golden opportunity to take game one in Reno Tuesday night,
taking a 10-6 loss despite losing 5-1 at the midway point. Seth Lugo was able
to avoid the big inning that has plagued him throughout the season to toss a
quality start for the 51s, but the pen failed to contain Reno’s late onslaught.

The
Aces bats were hot from the start Tuesday night, but Seth Lugo was able to
contain the damage over his 6 innings. Of the 8 hits he allowed, 5 went for
extra bases, and 2 knocked in runs.

Reno leadoff batter Mike Freeman
was one of several Aces to have a big night, and he started the 1st
with a triple to RF. Freeman came home on a groundout in the frame, but the 51s
were quick to strike back with two in the 2nd inning, and five by
the 5th. I break down the scoring details with highlights in more
detail below, so enjoy!

Lugo
didn’t have a clean inning all night, and the 2nd was the only frame
Reno failed to record an extra base hit against him. Peter O’Brien finished
with 3 doubles in the game, including an RBI double with two outs in the 5th
that made it a 5-2 game. Lugo would allow one more run in the 6th
when Kyle Jensen led off the frame with a homerun to left center field.

With
the bullpen currently short-handed, Zack Thornton was left out there in the 7th
as the Aces tagged him for 4 runs. Freeman and O’Brien doubled in the frame,
and Thornton had a chance to face 9 different Aces. Stolmy Pimentel was asked
to pitch the 8th inning but couldn’t even throw strikes – he threw
one.

The
51s look to Duane Below (4-3, 3.70 ERA) to stop the bleeding Wednesday night in
game two against the Aces, with game time scheduled to 10:05 PM.

Additional notes:
The one guy who didn’t get a hit – T.J. Rivera – came in with a 17-game hitting
streak on the line. The Bullpen was short-handed, partly because, as Russ
Langer mentioned, Josh Edgin was sent to NY to have his arm looked at. Langer
said this was just precautionary because they didn’t expect there to be
anything wrong. With an error in the 5th, Gavin Cecchini now has 5
in his last 5 games – 1 throwing and 4 fielding. The 51s need bullpen help, and
Stolmy is especially at risk at this point.

MiLB.tv Scoring
Highlights

Las
Vegas struck for two with two outs in the 2nd inning. Gavin Cecchini
extended the frame with a single to RF and then came home on a Seth Lugo hit to
tie the game at 1.Dilson then put the 51s ahead when he smacked a hanging
breaking ball into LF for an RBI single.

Dilson
added another RBI hit his next time to the plate, bringing home Marc Krauss to
make this a 3-1 game.

Marc Krauss doubled but Gavin Cecchini was just barely thrown out at home

Dilson Herrera

Matt
Reynolds and Gavin Cecchini capped the 51s early scoring with RBI doubles in the 5th
inning. Reynolds was well struck to the warning track in right center field.
Cecchini’s was more of a gift double, as Rome’s right fielder didn’t get a good
read on the ball until it was sailing over his head.

Travis Taijeron

Matt Reynolds

Gavin Cecchini

Brandon
Nimmo would line out to the center field warning track in his 2nd AB
– estimated at 405 feet by Russ Langer – and then launched a solo blast to CF
in the 8th inning.

Gavin
Cecchini kept the game alive a few pitches longer when he lined a single into
CF with two outs in the 9th inning.